Wawel in Kraków, Poland

Zagreb to Krakow

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Zagreb to Krakow. From $26.28, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays $26.28, every fee included. Services cover 557 km and are run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 26, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $26.28, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 26, 2026

$26.28

  • 120%Moves across the booking window

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Pick a departure for Zagreb to Krakow and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.

The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about $52.37Wed7
  2. about $77.85Thu8
  3. about $46.31Fri9
  4. about $46.91Sat10
  5. about $55.40Sun11
  6. about $49.34Mon12
  7. about $39.02Tue13
  8. about $42.05Wed14
  9. about $54.79Thu15
  10. about $51.16Fri16
  11. about $52.37Sat17
  12. about $49.94Sun18
  13. about $37.20Mon19
  14. about $34.17Tue20
  15. about $29.31Wed21
  16. about $33.57Thu22
  17. about $32.96Fri23
  18. about $37.20Sat24
  19. about $34.17Sun25
  20. about $26.28Mon26
  21. about $27.49Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The bus gets you into Krakow. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Krakow for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Krakow Glowny and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Zagreb to Krakow

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. $23.8690 days
  2. $31.7560 days
  3. $35.3845 days
  4. $38.4230 days
  5. $27.4921 days
  6. $34.1714 days
  7. $39.027 days
  8. $46.313 days
  9. $52.371 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $23.86.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is $52.37, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$52.37$23.86137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Zagreb to Krakow and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

557 km

557 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

663,592 → 816,614

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

UkraineFranceGermanyPolandRomaniaItalyBulgariaBerlinBerlinKyivKyivParisParisBucharestBucharestBudapestBudapestWarsawWarsawViennaViennaMunichMunichMilanMilanBelgradeBelgradePraguePragueCologneCologneBrusselsBrusselsOdesaOdesaDniproDniproMarseilleMarseilleZagrebZagrebKrakówKrakówMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 557 km against 557 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from KRK into Krakow is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Krakow

Settled in advance, so the ride into Krakow costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Krakow Glowny

Most of the points near Krakow Glowny open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Zagreb to Krakow

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Zagreb to Krakow?

Zagreb to Krakow covers 557 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Zagreb to Krakow?

The cheapest fare from Zagreb to Krakow is $26.28, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $42.05. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Zagreb to Krakow?

The cheapest way from Zagreb to Krakow is by bus, at $26.28 for one passenger on October 26, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Zagreb to Krakow?

Fares from Zagreb to Krakow bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $23.86. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 120 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Zagreb to Krakow?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Zagreb to Krakow, at $34.17. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Zagreb to Krakow?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Zagreb to Krakow, at $23.25 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Zagreb to Krakow?

1 operators sell services from Zagreb to Krakow across 1 mode: FlixBus. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Zagreb to Krakow?

25 percent of the services we sell from Zagreb to Krakow are direct. The rest connect at Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava, with about 52 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Zagreb to Krakow use?

Services from Zagreb to Krakow by bus leave from Zagreb Autobusni kolodvor and arrive at Krakow Dworzec Autobusowy. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Zagreb to Krakow?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Zagreb to Krakow allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

Being on the water gives Krakow a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Krakow and across Poland

Day trips that leave Krakow in the morning and cover a good part of Poland by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Zagreb reaches 93 places in 32 countries on services we hold, over distances from 49 to 9,343 km. Krakow reaches 80 places in 30 countries, from 52 to 9,534 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Zagreb

  • 93Places you can leave for
  • 32Countries
  • 14Operators

Arriving in Krakow

Leaving Krakow

  • 80Places you can leave for
  • 30Countries
  • 47Operators

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